Watching 12 Monkeys in a Post-9/11 World — Tropics of Meta

Chris Marker’s groundbreaking short film La Jetée doubles, incredibly, as one of the most lyrical meditations on two time-honored themes: the end of the world, and time travel. These tropes have been recycled again and again in film, fiction, and television, of course. The Terminator is sent back in time to kill young John Connor, […]